Philaeus chrysops (Poda, 1761)

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Philaeus

Characterisation

Trogloxene

Distribution

Europe, North Africa to Near East, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia to Central Asia, Iran, Afghanistan, China, Mongolia, Korea

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Irakleitsas, Roewer 1959, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016
  Region: Anatoliki Makedonia-Thraki / Regional unit: Kavala / Municipality: Pangaio / Closest settlement: Nea Irakleitsa

IUCN Red List

NE - Not Evaluated

Greece's Red Data Book

NE - Not Evaluated

Protection status

• There is no species-specific legal framework for protection.

Check Databases

Fauna Europea

GBIF

PESI

NCBI

Species references

• Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
• Bosmans, R. & Chatzaki, M. 2005. A catalogue of the spiders of Greece. A critical review of all spider species cited from Greece with their localities. Newsletter Belg. Arachn. Soc., 20 (2): 1-124.
• Roewer, C. F. 1959. Die Araneae, Solifuga und Opiliones der Sammlungen des Herrn Dr. K. Lindberg aus Griechenland, Creta, Anatolien, Iran und Indien. Göteborgs kungl. vet. vitterh. Samh. Handl., 8 (4): 3-47.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Philaeus chrysops (Poda, 1761). In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 15.02.2018, Accessed 31.01.2026